OUR ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Science to understand
Out-of-this-world ideas sparked breakthrough science. Over a decade of civil engineering and geoscience research supports the work we're doing today. Below you'll find some of our peer-reviewed journal articles to dive deeper into the science of carbon capture using olivine rocks.
Transformation of abundant magnesium silicate minerals for enhanced CO2 sequestration
Communications Earth and Environment
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Constructing Mars: Concrete and energy production from serpentinization products
Earth and Space Science
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Use of olivine for the production of MgO-SiO2 binders
Frontiers in Built Environment
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Long-term performance of MgO–SiO2 binder
Materials and Structures
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Pozzolanic characteristics of silica recovered from olivine
Construction and Building Materials
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Spacecrete: The final frontier for concrete construction
Concrete New Zealand Conference 2019
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Magnesia-metakaolin regolith mortar for Martian construction
17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
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Development of a Martian regolith simulant for in-situ resource utilization testing
Acta Astronautica